Any space vehicle must move at a rate of 7 miles per second in order to escape the earth's gravitational pull.
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The Space Shuttle main engine weighs 1/7th as much as a train engine but delivers as much horsepower as 39 locomotives.
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There are 5 to 10 times more stars in the known Universe than there are grains of sand on all the world's beaches, but a single grain of sand has more atoms than there are stars in the known Universe.
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In space, astronauts cannot cry properly, because there is no gravity, so the tears can't flow down their faces!
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Astronauts get taller when they are in space.
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Tidal forces between the Earth and Moon are slowing the Earth down and pushing the Moon further away.
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